Bud Dunklau,Owner
Road and Track Motors
I’m writing this post for a couple of reasons. One, to tell the story of my friend Mr. Bud Dunklau, and second, to discuss the sale of his collection of Porsche 356 and 911 parts, tools, another artifacts. But first, important history. In the town of Lincoln Nebraska at 21st and O Street there was a sports car repair shop called Road and Track Motors. It was in operation from 1962 through 2018. The Owner and Proprietor of this shop was a tall German man named Ersten Siegfried Dunklau, commonly referred to as Bud. Bud was a former military aircraft mechanic and lover of sports cars from a young age. Lincoln Nebraska had an Air Force base and a University many soldiers brought Porsche cars back from Europe when they returned home. Bud opened his shop in 1962 and was Lincoln Nebraskas prominent Porsche repair shop. Bud worked on 356’s when they were new or nearly new and he continued to until he passed away at the age of 87. He was a member of the PCA for 50 years, and the 356 registry as well. As with some of the older members he was not fond of computers so he didn’t participate on this electronic forum. However, he was a faithful 356 registry member and PCA member. Some of his activities included being a Concourse judge at the 1976 Porsche Parade, Restoring his 1958 356A coupe over 12 years, Restoring his 1969 9111S coupe. Bud repaired, rebuilt, and overhauled countless 356 engines and 911 engines. Assisted a local Porsche racer with SCCA racing (Dick Salem) who qualified to participate in the SCCA runoffs at Mid-Ohio in C production, GT3, and GT2 between 1977 and 2003. Bud made many trips to car events and races throughout his life and had a special place in his heart for the 356 cars and early 911’s
I met Bud at the young age of 20 in 1990. I was working at restoration shop in Lincoln, and became interested in the Porsche cars. I would stop in his shop to marvel at the the things I would see there and perhaps ask advice about how to fix some things. I offered to replace the floors and paint a 1968 Porsche 912 he was slowly restoring for him self. He agreed to the deal, and I was in the Porsche restoration business. We became friends and I did many jobs that he referred to me.
We made trips to Road America and even drove his 356A to Road America and back once. (it has a real GT tank so we only had to fill up once). He taught me many things about Porsche cars and the history of the cars and history of Porsche activity in our state and the surrounding area. He inspired me to pursue the restoration and maintenance of Classic sports cars as a career, an I have now restored many 356 cars and 911s.
Bud continued to work well past the normal retirement age because he loved what he was doing and couldn’t imagine not being around the cars he loved and his shop.
Over the years Road and Track was a gathering place for sports car lovers and people would sit around Buds desk while he held court and told stories about car trips and Porsche repair.
Sadly Bud passed away at the age of 87 from bone marrow cancer in 2019.
He is survived by his wife Carol and daughter Barbra.
This brings us to the second part of the posting. At Road and Track motors there is a large collection of Porsche 356 parts and early 911 parts. Carol would like to sell the contents of the building. I will attach a link to a Flickr photo sharing album that I have posted with photos of most of the parts and tools. If you are seriously interested a visit to the shop can be arranged. I am assisting with the sale of this large collection of parts, tools, and artifacts.
We would like to entertain offers on the entire lot if possible. There are many many 356 items of value and many early 911 items of value. There are many early 911/912 parts, and a larger amount of 356 parts.
Please realize I will not have the time to make a complete itemized list of the contents. The photos will give you a good idea of the type of parts and amount.
We would like to consider offers received for the following two months.
$75,000 or Best Offer
Here is a link to a Flickr album containing photos of most of the contents of the
https://www.flickr.com/gp/terryworic...rations/84bKB0
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